Nike's new Tiger Woods apparel line will include a
shirt called "The Rotation," which is half black and half
red to "accent Tiger's swing," according to Nike design
developer Gordon Thompson (USA TODAY, 6/13).
CONGRESSIONAL PRIVILEGE: The financial impact of the
U.S. Open at Congressional was examined by CNBC's Bill
Griffeth, who reported that, combined, the USGA,
Congressional Country Club, on-site merchants, TV networks,
and corporations on-site are "expecting to bring in over $60
million in revenue this week." Tournament Director Dennis
Spurgeon sold space to roughly 100 corporations "for a
record" $6.7M. CNBC cited numbers from Golf Digest that
stated the USGA will make $35M from the U.S. Open, including
$13M from network TV rights, $9M from cable/foreign TV
rights, $7M from ticket sales, $4M from corporate
hospitality and $2M from entry fees and concessions ("Power
Lunch," CNBC, 6/12)....Callaway Golf CEO Ely Callaway,
interviewed at Congressional, on the company's recent deal
with John Daly: "We think John Daly is a new man. We think
he has a new realization of the seriousness of his disease,
alcoholism; we think he has a new awareness of what he must
do to get on top of himself and his life." Asked about the
potential risks in signing Daly: "We don't think it's a big
risk at all, and yet the rewards, particularly with him, can
be rather substantial because he's such an attractive and
loveable person" ("Power Lunch," CNBC, 6/12).
